I just finished reading the latest offering from Stephen King.  Duma Key is about a man, Edgar Freemantle, who was involved in a serious accident.  To further his rehabilitation, he moves to Duma Key, Florida, where he discovers he has a serious talent for painting.  However, his ability to paint is manipulated by Perse, an undead creature looking to escape her watery grave.  It is up to Edgar and his friends to stop Perse from escaping, no matter the personal cost.

The book was enjoyable, but the story could have lost about 500 pages.  King’s novels are typically long and as usual, it take a few hundred pages to get into the book.  His best writings are those that are kept short, in my experience.  In so saying, I have not read all of his books yet.  I will have to acquire a couple of the longer ones (Such as It or The Talisman) which will allow me to judge his writings with better authority.